| cook | | |
| n. (person) | 1. cook | someone who cooks food. |
| ~ chef | a professional cook. |
| ~ cooky, cookie | the cook on a ranch or at a camp. |
| ~ fry cook | a cook who specializes in fried foods. |
| ~ preserver | a cook who preserves fruits or meat. |
| ~ roaster | a cook who roasts food. |
| ~ seasoner | a cook who uses seasonings.; "the cook is a light seasoner" |
| ~ skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | a worker who has acquired special skills. |
| ~ fannie farmer, fannie merritt farmer, farmer | an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915). |
| n. (person) | 2. captain cook, captain james cook, cook, james cook | English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779). |
| ~ navigator | in earlier times, a person who explored by ship. |
| v. (creation) | 3. cook | prepare a hot meal.; "My husband doesn't cook" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ cook | transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| v. (creation) | 4. cook, fix, make, prepare, ready | prepare for eating by applying heat.; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
| ~ preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
| ~ dress out, dress | kill and prepare for market or consumption.; "dress a turkey" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ deglaze | dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring. |
| ~ escallop, scallop | bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top. |
| ~ flambe | pour liquor over and ignite (a dish). |
| ~ put on | put on the stove or ready for cooking.; "put on the tea, please!" |
| ~ devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste.; "devilled eggs" |
| ~ precook | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long.; "precook the rice" |
| ~ whip up, whomp up | prepare or cook quickly or hastily. |
| ~ cook up, concoct | prepare or cook by mixing ingredients.; "concoct a strange mixture" |
| ~ lard | prepare or cook with lard.; "lard meat" |
| ~ make | gather and light the materials for.; "make a fire" |
| v. (change) | 5. cook | transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ bake | cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.; "bake the potatoes" |
| ~ brown | fry in a pan until it changes color.; "brown the meat in the pan" |
| ~ coddle | cook in nearly boiling water.; "coddle eggs" |
| ~ souse | cook in a marinade.; "souse herring" |
| ~ micro-cook, microwave, nuke, zap | cook or heat in a microwave oven.; "You can microwave the leftovers" |
| ~ parboil, blanch | cook (vegetables) briefly.; "Parboil the beans before freezing them" |
| ~ cook | transform by heating.; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle" |
| ~ overcook | cook too long.; "The vegetables were completely overcooked" |
| ~ fricassee | make a fricassee of by cooking.; "fricassee meats" |
| ~ stew | cook slowly and for a long time in liquid.; "Stew the vegetables in wine" |
| ~ roast | cook with dry heat, usually in an oven.; "roast the turkey" |
| ~ braise | cook in liquid.; "braise beef" |
| ~ fry | cook on a hot surface using fat.; "fry the pancakes" |
| ~ grill | cook over a grill.; "grill the sausages" |
| ~ steam | cook something by letting steam pass over it.; "just steam the vegetables" |
| ~ pressure-cook | cook in a pressure cooker. |
| ~ poach | cook in a simmering liquid.; "poached apricots" |
| v. (social) | 6. cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle | tamper, with the purpose of deception.; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" |
| ~ chisel, cheat | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.; "Who's chiseling on the side?" |
| ~ juggle | manipulate by or as if by moving around components.; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit" |
| v. (change) | 7. cook | transform by heating.; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ cook | transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
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